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وَهَى
to become weak, flimsy, or unsound /waˈhaː/
verbB1#2425 most common
Also: to totter, to be on the verge of collapse, to grow frail or feeble, to fail or lose force (of an argument, resolve, or structure)
Example sentences
الحَبْلُ وَهَى.
The rope became weak.
وَهَتِ العَلاقَةُ بَيْنَهُما.
The relationship between them weakened.
يَهِي الجِسْرُ القَديمُ شَيْئًا فَشَيْئًا.
The old bridge is weakening little by little.
وَهَتْ قُوَّتُهُ بَعْدَ المَرَضِ الطَّويلِ.
His strength gave way after the long illness.
وَهَيْتُ أَمامَ ضَغْطِ العَمَلِ المُستَمِرِّ.
I faltered under the constant pressure of work.
مَهْما حاوَلوا تَرْميمَ الجِدارِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَهي مِن جَديدٍ كُلَّما هَطَلَتِ الأَمْطارُ.
However much they tried to repair the wall, it weakens again every time it rains.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَهِي | وَهَيْتُ | سَأَهِي |
| 2sg | تَهِي | وَهَيْتَ | سَتَهِي |
| 3sg | يَهِي | وَهَى | سَيَهِي |
| 1pl | نَهِي | وَهَيْنَا | سَنَهِي |
| 2pl | تَهُونَ | وَهَيْتُمْ | سَتَهُونَ |
| 3pl | يَهُونَ | وَهَوْا | سَيَهُونَ |
Word family
وَهْيweakness, frailty, deterioration
واهٍweak, flimsy, unsound
أَوْهَىto weaken, undermine, sap
إيهاءthe act of weakening or undermining
Etymology
وَهَى comes from the triliteral Arabic root و-ه-ي, which carries the core sense of weakness, frailty, and structural failure. Classical Arabic dictionaries group it with words describing tottering walls, fraying ropes, and unsound arguments. As a Semitic root, it has no Indo-European ancestry, so it shares no traceable link with English or other Indo-European vocabulary.
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